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Evaluating the benefits of an advice and relaxation tape given during acute myocardial infarction (MI).

Condition category

Circulatory System

Date applied

23/01/2004

Date assigned

23/01/2004

Last edited

17/09/2009

Prospective/Retrospective

Retrospectively registered

Overall trial status

Completed

Recruitment status

No longer recruiting

Plain English Summary

Not provided at time of registration

Trial website

Contact information

Type

Scientific

Primary contact

Prof Robert Lewin

ORCID ID

Contact details

Department of Health Sciences University of York Genesis 6 York Science Park York YO10 5DQ United Kingdom
+44 (0)1904 434106rjpl1@york.ac.uk

Additional identifiers

EudraCT number

ClinicalTrials.gov number

Protocol/serial number

RM103

Study information

Scientific title

Acronym

Study hypothesis

To determine if an advice and relaxation tape given to patients within 12 hours of admission to hospital with acute myocardial infarction would reduce anxiety and depression and lead to improved cardiac knowledge and rehabilitative outcomes.

Ethics approval

Not provided at time of registration

Study design

Randomised controlled trial

Primary study design

Interventional

Secondary study design

Randomised controlled trial

Trial setting

Hospitals

Trial type

Treatment

Patient information sheet

Condition

Cardiovascular diseases: Heart disease

Intervention

1. A specially developed audiocassette with relaxation instruction and advice and information - to be listened to as often as the patient wished and taken home on discharge.2. An audio cassette of music chosen by the patient from a selection of different musical genres.